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Aborigine

//ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian. dated, offensive

    "Aborigines not to be counted in reckoning population."

  2. 2
    A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    an indigenous person who was born in a particular place wordnet
  4. 4
    The native flora and fauna of an area. countable, in-plural, uncountable
  5. 5
    a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Aborigines.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from aborigines.

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